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From: Alex Perel <alexp@caesar.iplink.net>
To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>
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        "James D. Butt" <jbutt@mwci.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement
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> Alex Perel wrote:
> > 
> > On 4 Oct 1998, Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= wrote:
> > 
> > > "James D. Butt" <jbutt@mwci.net> writes:
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/backstage/column_T2_1.htm
> > >
> > > Yuck. Who are these Weak & Wanker people anyway? This is so
> > > warm-n-fuzzy-feel-good I might just puke.
> > 
> >         What really bugs the hell out of me is Microsoft's attitude that
> > they invented load balancing solutions using a single IP. I think someone
> > has to wake them up to the realities of NAT, and products such as Cisco's
> > LocalDirector (which btw can do the job96237589235x better than any NT
> > server ever could).
> > 
> >         Oh and speaking of 100% availability, none of my machines get
> > unscheduled downtime.. hmmm.. I wonder why Microsoft's do.
> 
> Did someone ever saw www.netscape.com not responding? (except network
> failures of course)

> They don't run NT, they run UNIX (I think SGI IRIX).

	And I bet if they ran NT MS would find a way to sneak in ads for 
Internet Exploder on their site. That and load balancing solutions. Yup 
yup, Single IP Load Balancing Solutions from the people who brought you 
Minesweeper for Windows 3.1. 

	I have GOT to run THAT..

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